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M. Clark
5345192909
UGallery
Gold foil on Unstretched canvas New
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2019
50" h x 96" w |3 lbs. 0 oz.
SHIPS FREE
About
This
Artwork
Liquid gold metal painted in expressionist strokes over a black ground. "By using a limited color palette and a textural technique, this piece explores confinement and limitations, creating balance and beauty within the boundary," explains M. Clark. Created by carefully manipulating metallic foil with heat and varying pressure over the course of many weeks. This is a highly specialized and unique technique developed by M. to achieve her goals of bending light and drawing out distinctive elements in the foil. The work is very luminous and will display individual characteristics in different lighting situations.
This artwork is currently on unstretched canvas. It can be hung with gold nails as pictured in the detail images above, or it can be stretched for display. Please contact our art advisors at 415-742-8417 for any questions about display.
M. Clark
New York City, New York
M. Clark manipulates metallic foil in order to create rich surfaces that are highly reactive to shifts in light. She strives to continually push the bounds of her gold foil medium, including working directly with a manufacturer to develop foil in specific sizes and colors that were not previously available. As a person with dyslexia, her artwork has roots in the way she processes symbols. "The multidimensional shape and arc of letters are more powerful than stringed characters forming words," she explains. M. lives in New York and works in a studio on the 35th floor with big windows overlooking the East River. She describes it as an inspiring and calming space, and is fastidious about keeping the place organized. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including a large scale installation in the Smithsonian, and is collected internationally.